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Show : FRENCH FLAG FLYING IT NEWC3WANG ReprtedKirinisIi in Which : Fifty Japs and One Hun-" Hun-" dred Cossacks Are Alleged to Have Been Slain. '' ' r ; BUTXETLN. V : ; GIBRALTAR, MARCH 29. A RUSSIAN CRUISER AND DESTROY-ER&AVZ DESTROY-ER&AVZ PASSED HERE BOUND WESTWARD. EVIDENTLY THEY - WERE CHASING A LARGE JAPANESE SHIP, WHICH WAS REPORT -, TJ3 AS HAVING PASSED HERE TO THE EASTWARD ON FRIDAY LAST.. .THIS VESSEL, HAVING SIGHTED THE RUSSIAN SHIPS, . TURNED, PASSING WESTWARD SEVERAL .HOURS AHEAD OF THE RUSSIAN SHIPS. . - : - r - " ' ' ' I, " ' 'BULLETIN. " it ; SEOUL, MARCH 23, 5:15 P. M. A REPORT HAS REACHED HERE THAT FIFTY JAPANESE AND ONE HUNDRED COSSACKS WERE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN" A SKIRMISH THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN! BE-TWEEN! ANTU AND TINGJU. , ' "THE ABCVHE DISPATCH PROBABLY REFERS TO THE ENGAGE-' ' "MENT REPORTED LAST WEEK AS HAVING OCCURRED. MARCH 23, ' BUT IN WHICH NO COSSACK LOSSES WERE MENTIONED. . ' iv : r ; '.' ' ! BULLETIN. , - . . - TEEN TSIN, MARCH 29. A FRENCHMAN NAMED KREAUTLER, AN EMPLOYEE OF THE RUSSO-CHINESE BANK, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AP-POINTED FRENCH CONSULAR AGENT AT NEWCHWANG. HE HAS HOISTED THE FRENCH FLAG OVER THE BANK BUILDINGS. IT IS x CONSIDERED PROBABLE THAT THIS IS A FORERUNNER OF A MOVEMENT TO FLY THE TRI-COLOR OVER ALL THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT GOV-ERNMENT BUILDINGS 'AT NEWCHWANG. . . t j. '-. v ; .'" . RUSSIA'PROUDLY ' . . HOPES TO- CRUSH ' HER SMALL ENEMY ST. PETERSBURG, March 29. Fore-CAgting Fore-CAgting the result of the war in the Far East, the'Novosti -declares there is no more doubt as to who Will be the eventual event-ual victor than there was at the commencement com-mencement of the Graeco-Turkish, . the Spanish-American or the Boer war. "For Japan, the War is a life and death struggle." continues the Novoatl. "She places everything on one card. For Russia, Rus-sia, it is really only a Colonial war. and even defeat would leave the empire not greatly affected while success would be sure to mean a great stimulus to the Russian colonization of Manchuria, where it is reasonable to suppose many soldiers will settle after the struggle is over." - "But," adds the paper, "Russia should not pay too high a price for this colonial empire, and, thecefjre. ehould conserve af far as possible the army and the fleet." Fight May Be Deferred.. TIEN. TSIN. Match 29.-In the course of a conversation txlay the Russian military mili-tary agent here said, he did not expect a serious engagement between the Russian and Japanese land forces for two or three months and that it vaj very improbable that the Japanese wouM attempt to land at Newchwang or in that vicinity. WARCORRESPONDENIS EXPELLED FROM PORT i ARTHUR BY RUSSIA ST PETERSBURG, March 29. 1:20 t.- rtyA war ' correspondent of the Rustky ' Viedmostl writing from Harbin. Har-bin. Manchuria, says he has not been perihitted to proceed to Port Arthur, ,and, adds he will not be allowed to go to the, front from- Harbin until April 2nd. ' 31 the correspondents have been ex-ptfied ex-ptfied from Port Arthur because one of th-m mentioned In his dispatches im-. im-. j. rtant . Information regarding the vesvements of Russian troops. FALSE "PIGTAILS" WORN BY JAPANESE . SPIES IN MANCHURIA - VLADIVOSTOK. . March 29. An amusing sequel has resulted from the order pf the Chief of Police directing that a keen,. lookout be kept for Japanese Japa-nese disguised as Koreans or Chinese. Sin.ce the order was issued the police sei(every Asiatic they see for a pull at t s queque tn order to ascertain wm der It is real or false. - j "' , ' i Crossing Like Clockwork. : IRKUTSK.' March 29. Traffic across Lake Baikal Is being carried on as regular as clockwork. The troops cross m the ice singing as they -march. The .Ice breaker ,1s likely to begin the work .of cutting a chanpel any day. . : : r !. |